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Coyotes vs. Blue Jackets December 21, 2009

GLENDALE, AZ - DECEMBER 21: Anders Eriksson #22 of the Phoenix Coyotes warms up with the Coyotes for the first time for a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets on December 21, 2009 at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/NHLI via Getty Images)

He's only 17 but he can see the ice so well and he moves the puck and goes to the open ice all the time, so I just think he's a player that is ready to play in the NHL. I'm really looking forward to coaching someone like this.

— U.S. National Junior Team coach Ron Wilson on Auston Matthews, the projected No. 1 pick of the 2016 NHL Draft